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Another bit of substantiating evidence is the date of collection, 

 April, 1881. It would hardly be possible for specimens collected 

 in Idaho on this date to be sent to Europe and issued in an exsic- 

 catum before June, the time of publication of Piiccinia plumharia. 



Puccinia plumharia phlogina Ellis. N. Am. Fungi 1044. 1883 



Ellis issued a collection under this name in the above exsic- 

 catum but failed to publish a description for it. The name is 

 therefore a hyponym. The host was said to be Phlox Nuttallii 

 and the specimen was collected by Harkness in California in 

 1884. There is in the herbarium at Albany a specimen which is 

 undoubtedly a portion of this collection. The host is Phlox longi- 

 folia Nutt. and the rust is Allodus Giliae. Owing to the advanced 

 stage of the rust when collected the plumbeous character is less 

 evident than usual, a fact which no doubt led Ellis to assign a 

 varietal name to this specimen. 



Aecidium Wilcoxiamim Thiim. Myc. Univ. 2226. 1884 



Under this name a collection made at Boise City, Idaho, April, 

 1881, by Dr. J. Wilcox, was issued by Thumen without descrip- 

 tion. It was said to be upon Phlox Dotiglasii but the specimens 

 in the Arthur Herbarium are too fragmentary for host deter- 

 mination. The rust appears to be identical with Aecidium Giliae 

 Peck. What appears to be a portion of the same collection was 

 issued under the same name in Roumeguere Fungi selecti ex- 

 siccati 5^/5. Being issued without description in both cases the 

 name is to be cited as a hyponym. 



Aecidium Cerastii Winter; Winter & Demetrio, Hedwigia 24: 



179. 1885 



This species was described in an article by Winter and Deme- 

 trio entitled " Beitrage zur Pilzflora von Missouri," which ap- 

 peared in "Heft V" (September and October). In the Jour. 

 Myc. i: 126. 1885, No. 10 (October), an article by Dr. Winter 

 appeared under the title " Fungi Novi Missourienses " in which 

 he describes Aecidium Cerastii Winter nov. spec, with the iden- 

 tical Latin description used in Hedwigia. What evidence there 



